Before creating your first swatch inside of Illustrator, it's important to…understand the different settings for color that you're able to change prior to…getting started with the document or even after you have open up a document, how…to modify those settings after the fact.…In this movie I'll be walking you through Illustrator's Color Settings panel and…how to navigate it and exactly what everything means.…In order to open up Illustrator's Color Settings dialog box, you need to go up…to the Edit menu and go down and choose Color Settings, or you can simply use…the keyboard shortcut Shift+Ctrl+K on the PC, Shift+Command+K on the Mac.…

Once you open that up, you are going to see that the Color Settings dialog box…has a lot of information in it.…It tells you at the top, For more information on color settings…you can search for "setting up color management" in the Help document.…The Help documentation on color is actually really good in Illustrator, so I…recommend reading through that if you have the opportunity.…

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10/13/2014

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6/17/2013

You can accomplish a wide variety of design tasks with Adobe Illustrator. This course focuses on core concepts and techniques you can apply to workflows for print, the web, and many other destinations.

First, author Justin Seeley explains the basic elements that make up vector graphics—paths, strokes, and fills—and shows how to use each of the program's powerful drawing tools. Then he shows how to create documents and liven up a project with color, plus build complex shapes from simple paths and trace bitmap images and line art. The course also explores the benefits of using layers and symbols, and shows how to edit text, draw in perspective, and much more. The final chapter explains how to output your work in several formats and use Illustrator files in Photoshop and InDesign.

Topics include:

Understanding vector graphics

Creating documents for different contexts

Organizing artwork with rulers, guides, and grids

Making detailed selections

Resizing, rotating, and transforming objects

Creating swatches and color libraries

Working with fills and strokes

Using the Shape Builder and Image Trace features

Drawing and editing paths

Understanding the difference between point and area type

Adjusting the appearance of artwork with live effects

Printing, saving, and exporting artwork

Skill Level Beginner

8h 13m

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Q: This course was updated on 6/18/2014. What
changed?

A: We revised chapters covering paths,
working with type, and the Pen tool. These updates reflect changes to the Pen
and Pencil tool behavior in the June 2014 update to Illustrator CC. These tools
now offer greater fidelity and previews. We also added one new video, "Packaging your artwork
for commercial print," which covers the enhanced packaging workflow.

Q: This course was updated on 10/13/2014. What changed?

A: We added tutorials to cover the most exciting changes to Illustrator
CC 2014: the Join and Curvature tools and the all-new Design Libraries. These
new movies are marked with the "(CC 2014.1)" tag.